Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen belted a game-tying two-run home run in the fifth inning of Wednesday's 10-4 win over the Twins. McCutchen finished the game 2 for 4 with three RBI, including his 14th longball of the season.

The former National League MVP has homered twice in his last six games for the Pirates.

On May 23, Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen had a multi-hit game with a homer. He did the same on June 23.

So perhaps it was meant to be that on Thursday - July 23 - he again achieved that feat. McCutchen, who had not blasted off as part of a multi-hit game over the past month, singled and scored in the first inning and turned a 4-1 lead into a 6-1 lead with a two-run tater in the seventh.

His big game ended a 4-for-24 mini-slump and sweetened his slash line on the year to .289/.389/.496.